Two people are dead after a Hughes 369D helicopter crashed on a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.

Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis.

The crash happened around 11 a.m. Thursday on the Missouri side of the river near Alton. The helicopter struck power lines, ...

The crash, which happened near the border of Missouri and Illinois, closed a bridge into Illinois. A witness said it “just ...

The helicopter ran into a powerline and crashed Thursday morning on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, ...

A helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two ...

EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

First responders say the helicopter had people on board who were trying to do work on nearby power lines before hitting one ...

Emergency officials were responding to a helicopter crash in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois.